NEWS & EVENTS

Members of the National Guard and Reserves may now concurrently use federal tuition assistance and their GI Bill benefits to fund their education, similar to active-component service members.

WASHINGTON (Jan. 6, 2020) — Deployed National Guardsmen and Reservists now have benefits parity with their active-component counterparts thanks to a bipartisan effort in Congress. The fiscal 2020 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) includes language that...

Army Wants Electric Combat Vehicles Army Futures Command has selected six companies to develop ways to power electric combat vehicles in austere, remote locations, according to Defense News.  The effort is part of the Next-Generation Combat Vehicle modernization...

Frank Kendall III Nominated as 26th Secretary of the Air Force By John A. Tirpak The Biden administration nominated Frank Kendall III, who advised Biden on national security and military issues during the presidential campaign, to be the 26th Secretary of the Air...

US Forces to Leave Afghanistan by the 20th Anniversary of 9/11 By Brian W. Everstine U.S. forces will leave Afghanistan by Sept. 11—the 20th anniversary of the attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon, Biden administration officials said. President Joe Biden...

Pelosi picks DC National Guard chief to lead security in US House Military Times Maj. Gen. William Walker, commanding general of the District of Columbia National Guard, was tapped last week to become the House’s first African American sergeant-at-arms as Congress...

Milley Meets with Taliban Representatives as Fragile Negotiations Continue By Brian W. Everstine Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Mark A. Milley met with Taliban negotiators on Dec. 15, before moving on to Afghanistan to speak with local leaders regarding...

Who will get a COVID-19 vaccine first? The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has authorized the first COVID-19 vaccine.  We have a limited amount of this vaccine to start. We’ve worked with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and other federal...

DoD Unveils Vaccine Plans; Guard Readies Distribution in States National Guard soldiers and airmen will not be required to get a COVID-19 vaccine, at least not at first, according to Pentagon leaders. But the Guard will play a key role in the vaccine’s distribution....

National Guard Support for COVID-19 Vaccine Rollout Ramps Up By Brian W. Everstine As America's first approved coronavirus vaccine is shipped across the country and frontline workers are getting their first jabs this week, National Guardsmen have been activated to...